Lessons in French
1980s: Lessons in French is at once a love letter to Paris and the story of a young woman finding herself, her moral compass, and, finally,…
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1980s: Lessons in French is at once a love letter to Paris and the story of a young woman finding herself, her moral compass, and, finally,…
1995: Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris
WW1: The most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky’s novels
1899: Against such a backdrop of Paris in 1899 when Paris was buzzing on the world stage – theatres and the Vaudeville theatre in particular…
Early 1900s: While novelist Edith Wharton writes of grand love affairs, she has yet to experience her own. This is the story of her life,…
1873: ‘I want your reputation’, the girl said to Mrs Wood. ‘I want everything you have…’
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